Police were called to investigate a "possible kidnapping" and Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag's house this afternoon. As a helicopter patrolled overhead, armed police swarmed the house and yelled, "Man in the black shirt. Come out of the house."

Police took a man into custody and later released him. There's still no word on why anyone would want to make off with Speidi. [TMZ]

The Jay Leno Show billboard was removed from the Universal Studios lot today. [TMZ]

Shortly before she died, Casey Johnson called two friends and told them that her relationship with Tila Tequila was "all for show" while Tila was in the room. [TMZ]

In this clip of Conan O'Brien playing Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandel to determine his next career move on last night's show. [Perez]

GM is the latest company to end its endorsement deal with Tiger Woods. [Radar]

Richard Heene could be released six days early from his 30 day jail sentence if he behaves himself in prison. [Radar]

Here's a video of Michael Lohan falling face first onto the ice at a skating rink in New York. [TMZ]

Ohio police chief Chad Dojack has been sentenced to 50 days of house arrest, three year's probation and 100 hours of community service after pleadig no-contest to dereliction of duty for spying on Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate. Barry Carpenter, the other Ohio police chief who worked with Dojack, was sentenced to two years, eight months in prison. [CBS News]

Hailey Glassman reacted to the news that the break in at Jon Gosselin's apartment is now being considered a publicity stunt by the NYPD Tweeting, "Finally other people (NYPD) can see through the ‘textbook sociopaths' (Google sociopath aka JG) lies... JG gett off you're ass or whoever is riding u-lol-Stop watching Law and Order N get a job so u can pay 4 ur fam + pay me back the money I loaned u!" [Radar]

Kate Gosselin says she loves her new hair extensions. "My last long hair endeavor was crazy curly - just like it is now," she says. "So this feels like the younger me - yay!" [People]

Vanessa Lopez, Shaquille O'Neal's former mistress, has filed a lawsuit against him claiming that Shaq texted a friend, "dis is da numba shut dat bitch up!"
and his extremely tall sisters harassed her. She says she broke off their five-year relationship after she missed her period and he accused her of sleeping with another guy. [TMZ]

Though Dannii Minogue's rep denied rumors that she's pregnant last week, she confirmed that she is expecting today, writing on Twitter, "Woo hoo I'm gonna be a mummy!" [Perez]

Stars have problems just like the rest of us: Mark Wahlberg had to take a cab home after his Porsche sprang and oil leak while he was picking up pizza. [Radar]

Kate Middleton is suing a paparazzo for invasion of privacy for taking a picture of her playing tennis on Christmas Day and selling it to a German magazine. [Guardian]

Jessica Simpson Tweeted about working on her musical collaboration with Billy Corgan, "I am blessed... Going over a song w @billy and the boxer." [E!]

Kristin Chenoweth said recently that she's like to star in a Dusty Springfield biopic and have Kerry Washington play her girlfriend. Washington says the next time she ran into Kristen, "I was like, 'I would love to be your lesbian lover!'" [E!]

Rubina Ali is committed to several projects that should earn her $145,000 and her family is moving from the slums into an apartment paid for by the trust set up by Danny Boyle. [AP]

Steve Martin is publishing two new books, a children's book called Late For Schoo and a novel for adults called Woman, One that "examines the glamour and the subterfuge of the fine art world" in New York. [NYT]

Nigel Lythgoe says that while he things The X Factor can be successful in the U.S., he's "not sure that anything will ever be as successful as American Idol." [TMZ]

Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller have filed requests to have cameras banned from their court hearing in Aspen next week. [Radar]

Charlie Sheen has moved out of his L.A. home so Brooke Mueller can move back in without violating their restraining order. [Radar]

Cynthia Nixon will be presented with the Vito Russo Award by GLAAD. The award is presented to an openly LGBT media professional who has helped promote equal rights. [People]

BachelorBob Guiney and Rebecca Budig of All My Children have split after five years of marriage because they "don't love each other anymore." []

Shape cover girl Katherine McPhee says, "The more I focused on my weight, the worse my bulimia got. Now I'm more easygoing. I stopped fighting myself and became more forgiving of my body. Ironically, the weight came off naturally through exercise but no dieting." [Radar]

Cheryl Cole looked miserable while out with her husband Ashley Cole, probably because there was a camera shoved in her face. [Perez]

LOL: Check out this photo of Johnny Depp smirking at a statue of his younger self. [Radar]

AmfAR will honor former trustee Natasha Richardson at its annual gala on February 10. "Natasha was an eloquent and persuasive spokesperson for amfAR," said chairman of the board Kenneth Cole. "Her unique combination of passion, grace, and intelligence made her the perfect ambassador for the fight against AIDS." [People]

Kim Kardashian is holding a contest for fans to design her new Twitter background. [Kim Kardashian]

Emmy Rossum Tweeted that she's upset about Heidi Montag's Peopleplastic surgery cover: "By putting this on magazine covers, we are somehow legitimizing the dangerous lengths to which some will go for fame and 'beauty.'" [Pop Dirt]

Some Patriots fans are saying Tom Brady's personal life is affecting his performance. "Hopefully because I got married, that doesn't effect the way I play quarterback," said Brady. "That's not something I've thought much about ... That my performance as a football player is going to go down because I got married or I had children." [People]

Jessica Alba says in 10 years, "I'd love to be raising my kids on a farm in the South of France. My mother-in-law has lived there for more than 20 years, and she has a beautiful setup. I want to be able to allow Honor and my other kids, who I hope to be blessed with in the future, to maintain their innocence for as long as possible. There is so much time to be an adult." Just Jared]

In The Last StationJames McAvoy's character sneezes whenever he's nervous. He says, "I developed a little trick of making myself need to sneeze and it clicked in whenever I needed it to. But I can't do it anymore. You need to spend a couple of weeks just to condition yourself to need to sneeze a lot, and then your body knows, "Ahh, you wanna sneeze now? Okay, I'll help you out." But if you get out of the habit, your body doesn't recognize your psychological impulse to sneeze. It was a real tic that [Bulgakov] had, a real affliction. From what I've read, it was a real fucking nightmare for the kid." [N.Y. Magazine]

Jennifer Love Hewitt says she and Jamie Kennedy had a "rough patch" after he saw her in a bikini for the first time. "I heard him coming down the hall, so I got in the cute bikini position," she said. "And he goes, 'Hey, my little pear ass.' "I said, 'I'm sorry, what did you say?'" He thought it was a compliment, but she said, "Have you ever seen a pear? It starts thin, it gets fat and it never gets thin again. It's not cute. It's not a cute fruit." [Us]

If you need a reason to never buy Jennifer Love Hewitt's book or watch George Lopez's show, watch this clip in which he goes on and on about the size of her butt and she recommends "vajazzling," which means gluing crystals onto your vagina until it "looks like a disco ball down there." [Perez]